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Noragami - Season 1 Review

Yato-sama is a god, he is barely that. He is not known by many humans, he doesn't have a shrine to himself and is like a stray, homeless person living off the streets of Japan. He advertises in graffiti to fulfil any wishes people may ask and gets odd jobs which he completes for 5 Yen. As a god he also has a responsibility to kill Ayakashi which roam around and cause people harm. The Ayakashi are corrupted spirits which seek to corrupt humans to do terrible things either hurt others or kill themselves.





During one of Yato-sama's lesser errands he is tasked to find a lost cat to fulfil a little boy's wish. Yato-sama, in pursuit of the cat jumps in front of a bus. A girl 'Hiyori' notices this and jumps to save him, she saves Yato-sama from being hit by the bus but she herself is hit by it. The accident doesn't seem to be fatal but her spirit escapes her body. After her body recovers, sometimes she suddenly loses consciousness and escapes her body as a spirit without her control and/or knowledge. She asks a wish of Yato-sama to fix her condition and their story begins. Added to the mix is a pre-teen uncorrupted spirit who is identified and named by Yato-sama to be his 'divine instrument'. He is called Yuki in his human form and he turns into a naked katana when his other name 'Sekki' is called.

The story is slowly paced which adds a charm, but moves quickly when the plot is picks up. The characters are well developed and enjoyable, the action is captured well in the anime. I would readily recommend this.


I just finished the first season of Noragami, looking forward to the second season. 

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